Author's Note: After teacher's questioning the nature of Sev and Rem's relationship, they begin to speak openly about it.

"Professor Snape! Professor Snape!" Brittany Black ran at full speed down the corridor to catch up with her favourite teacher. He turned to stare down his overly-large hooked nose at the dark-haired girl speeding towards him.

"Yes... Miss Black?" he said nasally.

The student skidded to a halt a foot away from the Potions Master, and paused to catch her breath. "I know... It's early... But I have a gift for you!" she beamed up at him.

Snape's eyebrow rose and he scrutinised Brittany, who was still beaming at him. "A... gift, you say?"

"Yes, sir." She nodded enthusiastically, as she reached into the pocket of her robe. "It's a Christmas present, sir." The Potions Master looked bemused, as the student pulled out a single ticket, and passed it to him.

He looked at it, a grin gracing his features. "A spa ticket, Miss Black?"

Brittany nodded again. "Yes, sir. I thought you were looking..." She paused, trying to think of the right word. "..Tense... Overworked, you know?" She looked up at him, a hopeful glint in her eye.

"I don't need a massage, Miss Black; I have a mate for that."

Her jaw dropped, and she struggled to close it before Snape saw.

"Oh, erm..." she didn't know how to respond. "Doesn't your...mate want a break?"

Severus shook his head, a lustful look glazing his eyes, as he stared down the corridor, over Brit's head. She turned hearing footsteps, and saw Professor Lupin coming towards them. She stared back to the Potions Master.

"Professor Lupin, sir? Is he your mate?" she looked aghast, as she had always believed that Professors Snape and Lupin had hated each other with a passion. Clearly there was some sort of passion between them, as Lupin's face broke out into a sly grin reached the Potions Master and the student.

"Miss Black." He nodded to her in greeting, and turned his eyes to his mate. "Severus." He smirked.

"Are you two...?" Brittany stared between both of her teachers, a choking sound coming from her throat as she took in the scene.

"Are we what, Miss Black?" The werewolf asked kindly, his eyes not moving once from Sev's now bemused face.

"Are you two...Like.. You know!" She moved her hands to illustrate the words she had difficulty saying.

"No, Miss Black," Snape sneered, "we do not know. You will have to elaborate."

Brittany pulled a face, and with her hands, she made a crude gesture as she tried to show wordlessly what she believed her teachers had been doing.

Remus' face coloured as he watched with slight hilarity and embarrassment as he watched the 5th year's hands move describing exactly what they'd been doing in that office. Snape's face broke out into a grin as he regarded the student, and she looked at Lupin, who was staring pointedly away from her, avoiding eye contact. Snape broke the silence.

"Yes, Miss Black that is what we've been doing."

Brittany gagged and her cheeks flushed a deep red.

"Is something wrong, Miss Black?" Snape said teasingly, and Brittany shook her head, her cheeks still brightly coloured.

"Er. Er. I have to go. Professor McGonagall will have my guts for garters if I'm late." Brit half waved to the two teachers, and ran in the direction she had come.

"Ah, Severus, you shouldn't tease her. She's very aware. I do believe she has known about us for a while. She's been dropping subtle hints in my classes for weeks now." Remus laughed, pulling the Potions Master to him.

"If she's so aware, do you think she realises its break?" Snape smirked, his lips brushing along the wolf's neck softly.

"I think she knows exactly what time it is, she was just making excuses as to why she should leave without seeming rude."

At the other end of the corridor, the one Brittany had just disappeared down, students were huddling, looking and pointing towards the two teachers, who stood in each other's arms.

"So much for this remaining a secret." The wolf shrugged, looking towards the man he loved. Snape laughed lightly, and pressed his lips to Remus' lightly, causing the students to erupt in surprise and begin wolf whistling. "And so it begins..."